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Maruoka Domain Battery
The was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Maruoka Domain on the Sea of Japan coast in the Mikuni neighborhood of the Mikuni neighborhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui in the Hokuriku region of northern Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1930. It is also called the after its location on Kaji Bay. Background In the late Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate was increasing alarmed by incursions by foreign ships into Japanese territorial waters, fearing that these '' kurofune'' warships of the United States or other Western powers would attempt to end Japan's self-imposed national isolation policy by force, or would attempt an invasion of Japan by landing hostile military forces. Numerous feudal domains were ordered to establish fortifications along their coastlines with shore artillery located at strategic locations. The most powerful ''daimyō'' of Echizen Domain, Matsudaira Yoshinaga was at the time a hard-line supporter of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakai, Fukui
file:Maruoka Castle 20100529-01.jpg, Maruoka Castle is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,210 in 31,509 households and the population density of 550 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Sakai is located in far northern Fukui Prefecture, bordered by the city of Awara, Fukui, Awara and Ishikawa Prefecture to the north and the Sea of Japan to the northeast, The city of Fukui, Fukui, Fukui borders the city to the south. The Kuzuryū River flows through the city. Neighbouring municipalities *Fukui Prefecture **Awara, Fukui, Awara **Fukui, Fukui, Fukui **Katsuyama, Fukui, Katsuyama **Eiheiji, Fukui, Eiheiji *Ishikawa Prefecture **Kaga, Ishikawa, Kaga Climate Sakai has a Humid subtropical climate, Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sakai is 14.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominally to the Emperor of Japan, emperor and the ''kuge''. In the term, means 'large', and stands for , meaning 'private land'. From the ''shugo'' of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period, Sengoku to the ''daimyo'' of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The backgrounds of ''daimyo'' also varied considerably; while some ''daimyo'' clans, notably the Mōri clan, Mōri, Shimazu clan, Shimazu and Hosokawa clan, Hosokawa, were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the ''kuge'', other ''daimyo'' were promoted from the ranks of the samurai, notably during the Edo period. ''Daimyo'' often hired samurai to guard their land, and they paid the samurai in land or food as relatively few could aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaraonsen Station
is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Awara, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Awaraonsen Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located 117.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of opens around 2025. Station layout The station has two island platforms with four tracks connected by a footbridge. It has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Platforms History The station opened on 20 September 1897 as . It was renamed Awaraonsen Station on 15 March 1972. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,822 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Surrounding area *Awara City Hall See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redan
Redan (a French word for "projection", "salient") is a feature of fortifications. It is a work in a V-shaped salient angle towards an expected attack. It can be made from earthworks or other material. The redan developed from the lunette, originally a half-moon-shaped outwork; with shorter flanks it became a redan. History Redans were a common feature in the coastal batteries built in Malta between 1715 and the end of the 18th century. Surviving batteries with redans include Mistra Battery and Saint Anthony's Battery. The Russians used redans on their left at the Battle of Borodino against Napoleon. A small redan whose faces make an obtuse angle with a vertex toward the enemy is called a ''flèche'' (arrow in French). The ''Bagration flèches'' were three redans backwards in echelon. The Shevardino Redoubt (another redan) was erected as an early warning post a mile in front of the Bagration flèches. The "Redan hole" in golf A ''Redan hole'' or ''Redan'' is an aspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampart (fortification)
In fortification architecture, a bank or rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site. It is usually broad-topped and made of excavated earth and/or masonry.Darvill, Timothy (2008). ''Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology'', 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, p. 376. . Early fortifications Many types of early fortification, from prehistory through to the Early Middle Ages, employed earth ramparts usually in combination with external ditches to defend the outer perimeter of a fortified site or settlement. Hillforts, ringforts or "raths" and ringworks all made use of ditch and rampart defences, and they are the characteristic feature of circular ramparts. The ramparts could be reinforced and raised in height by the use of palisades. This type of arrangement was a feature of the motte and bailey castle of northern Europe in the early medieval period. Types of ram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashima Shuhan
Takashima may refer to: People with the surname *Gara Takashima (born 1954), Japanese voice actor *Kazusa Takashima, Japanese manga artist *Kōbōyama Daizō, Japanese former sumo wrestler now known as Takashima Oyakata *, Japanese ice hockey player *Masahiro Takashima (born 1965), Japanese actor *Masanobu Takashima (born 1966), Japanese actor, brother of Masahiro *, Japanese women's footballer *Misako Takashima, US comic artist *, Japanese table tennis player *Reiko Takashima (born 1964), Japanese actress *, Japanese sprinter *Shuhan Takashima (1798–1866), 19th-century samurai * Tomonosuke Takashima (1844–1916), Imperial Japanese Army general *Yoshimitsu Takashima (born 1941), Japanese politician Characters *Laurel Takashima, character in ''Babylon 5'' * Takashima, fictional villain in the manga ''No Need for Tenchi!'' Places * Takashima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi), town * Takashima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura), town * Takashima District, Shiga * Takashima, Shiga, city * Takashima, Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odaiba
today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built in this area for defensive purposes in the 1850s. Reclaimed land offshore Shinagawa was dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is among a few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible, and not blocked by industry and harbor areas. For artificial sand beaches in the bay, Sea Park in Kanazawa-ku is suitable for swimming, Odaiba has one, and there are two in Kasai Rinkai Park area looking over to the Tokyo Disneyland. formally refers to one district of the island development in Minato Ward. Governor Shintaro Ishihara used ''Odaiba'' to refer to the entire , which includes the Ariake and Aomi districts of Kōtō Ward and the Higashi-Yashio district of Shinagawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egawa Hidetatsu
was a Japanese Bakufu intendant of the 19th century. Jansen, Hall 1989, p. 815. He was Daikan, in charge of the domains of the Tokugawa shogunate in Izu, Sagami and Kai Provinces during the Bakumatsu period. Jansen, Hall 1989, p. 108. He took a leading role in the reinforcement of Japanese coastal defenses against Western encroachments in the 19th century. Coastal defenses Due to his holdings on the coast, Egawa Hidetatsu was involved in issues of coastal defences, critical to Japan at that time. He was in relations with the group of Watanabe Kazan, and Takano Chōei. Cullen 2003, p. 159. Egawa Hidetatsu was put in charge of establishing the defense of Edo Bay against Western intrusions in 1839, Cullen 2003, pp. 158-159. following the incident of the ''Morrison'' under Charles W. King in 1837. In 1841, Egawa permitted the gunnery demonstrations of Takashima Shūhan to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Jansen 2002, p. 287. As early as 1842, Egawa attempted to build a furnace to cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arima Michizumi
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003). It was based at Maruoka Castle in eastern Echizen Province in what is now the Maruoka neighbourhood of modern-day Sakai, Fukui. It was ruled during its history by the Honda clan, and subsequently by the Arima clan. _History In_the_Sengoku_period.html" ;"title="DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF .... History In the Sengoku period">DF 6-7 of 80/nowiki>">DF .... History In the Sengoku period, the area around Maruoka was controlled by Shibata Katsutoyo, the adopted son of Shibata Katsuie, one of Oda Nobunaga's leading generals. After Shibata Katsutoyo died of illness during the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, the area was given to the Aoyama clan._However,_the_Aoyama_sided_with_the_Western_Army_under_Ishida_Mitsunari.html" ;"title="DF 6 of 80/nowiki>">DF 6 of 80">"A .... However, the Aoyama sided with the Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uraga, Kanagawa
is a subdivision of the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the south eastern side of the Miura Peninsula, at the northern end of the Uraga Channel, at the entrance of Tokyo Bay. History With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate based in Edo at the start of the 17th century, the small village of Uraga developed rapidly due to its sheltered harbor and strategic location at the entrance of Edo Bay. The area was ''tenryō'' territory under direct control of the shogunate, and the increase in maritime traffic led to the development of merchant and trading firms in the area. In 1720, the shogunate established the post of '' Uraga bugyō'', whose responsibility was to police traffic and to organize coastal defenses, and the entrances to the harbor were fortified with cannon against possible incursions by foreign ships in violation of Japan’s national isolation policy. Still, in 1812, the British whaler stopped at Uraga and took on water, food, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Expedition
The Perry Expedition ( ja, 黒船来航, , "Arrival of the Black Ships") was a diplomatic and military expedition during 1853–1854 to the Tokugawa Shogunate involving two separate voyages by warships of the United States Navy. The goals of this expedition included exploration, surveying, and the establishment of diplomatic relations and negotiation of trade agreements with various nations of the region; opening contact with the government of Japan was considered a top priority of the expedition, and was one of the key reasons for its inception. The expedition was commanded by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, under orders from President Millard Fillmore. Perry's primary goal was to force an end to Japan's 220-year-old policy of isolation and to open Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary. The Perry Expedition led directly to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the western Great Powers, and eventually to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echizen Province
was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was . History Ancient and classical Echizen was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the '' Nihon Shoki''. The region as a whole was sometimes referred to as . In 507, during a succession crisis, the king of Koshi was chosen to become the 26th emperor of Japan, Emperor Keitai. In 701 AD, per the reforms of the Taihō Code, Koshi was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo. The original Echizen included all of what is now Ishikawa Prefecture. In 718 A.D., four districts of northern Echizen ( Hakui District, Noto District (also called Kashima District), Fugeshi District and Suzu District), were separated to form Noto Province. During the Nara period, the poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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